page_title: Meiji Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Meiji Restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: The New fighting the Old in early Meiji Japan circa 1870
context_page_description: The Meiji Restoration was a time of great change in Japan. In the Japanese language, Meiji-ishin is the term for the Meiji Restoration. The term describes a series of events that changed the shape of Japan’s political and social systems. These changes took place mainly in the three years from 1866 to 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji period.
context_section_description: The Meiji Restoration was a time of great change in Japan. In the Japanese language, Meiji-ishin is the term for the Meiji Restoration. The term describes a series of events that changed the shape of Japan’s political and social systems. These changes took place mainly in the three years from 1866 to 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji period.
caption: New fighting the old: graphic from ~1870
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